I have just installed Vector Linux 6.0 Light Final - but the dekstop is to big for my laptop. I can see something of the startmenu, but not all. I have tried to run vasm as root. But xconf says there is an error and I cannot save.

my laptop is an very old Toshiba Protege 7010ct with an 800x600 resolution.

1. Get into a text mode, either by launching the tui desktop or opening a terminal. Become a super user [su then password]and run vxconf. Then choose the vxconf option..When choosing resolution in vxconf choose 800x6002.Can you run a live cd, of any other distro on this machine. If so you could pop it in, copy the xorg.conf to a flash drive then use that configuration on your Vector set up.

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it seems like it will not run 800x600 , since If I delete the "640x480" modes in xorg.conf , then if I try to run startX , I am told X cannot start..

You should not have to delete the "640x480" the xorg.conf will run the best resolution of the group by default. You need only delete the higher numbers. Also the lines for 8bit, 16bit and 24bit color should be exactly the same I believe.

xorg.conf is finiky, it will not start if you have accidently deleted or left in an extra " ie ""800x600" instead of "800x600"Try idea 1. first this should rewrite your xorg, hopefully fix it, but at worst you will be back where you started.

I went into fxdrake or something like that and set the screen resolution there to 800 x 600. After loging in again, there is nothing on the desktop but wallpaper, and only the browser which opens up because I never shut it down.

After I shut down the browser, it looks like its "lights-out" ... scratch time.

I went into fxdrake or something like that and set the screen resolution there to 800 x 600. After loging in again, there is nothing on the desktop but wallpaper, and only the browser which opens up because I never shut it down.

After I shut down the browser, it looks like its "lights-out" ... scratch time.

XFdrake is a tool to reconfigure X on Mandriva or PCLos. This might seem like an odd thing for me to ask but, what are the chances you are posting to the wrong forum.